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Rare video footage of Douglas Bader will be on show at a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford
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Rare footage of hero pilot Douglas Bader centre of new exhibition

By Jon Nurse
March 22, 2013

Rare video footage of fighter ace Sir Douglas Bader is at the centre of a new exhibition.

The war hero, who lost his legs after a crash at Woodley airfield in 1931, features in the display, which includes artefacts and rare video footage.

The exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford has taken almost 20 years to develop and includes scenes from a 1930s home film which shows Sir Douglas alongside RAF friends having fun off duty.

Jean Fostekew, archivist at Woodley’s Museum of Berkshire Aviation, said: “He was an icon and an inspiration to everyone.

“In the Second World War morale was as important as armaments. Before the Americans came in we had practically nothing.

“Two people inspired the nation more than any other: Winston Churchill and Douglas Bader. He was pivotal in us not just surviving, but winning the war.”

Sir Douglas’ second wife Lady Joan is a patron of the museum in Mohawk Way, Woodley.

The exhibition explores Duxford’s time as an RAF airfield from 1918 to 1961 and opens on Thursday, March 28.

For more information visit www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford.

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So everyone knows - Duxford is in Cambridgeshire

davidA
23/03/2013 at 09:17

Ironic Typo Alert hand=had Sorry, should have taken more care ...

At least GR get an Edit button

A Wellwisher
22/03/2013 at 14:16

Stick around then, theres plenty of amusement to be hand on here then due to the number of typos and factual errors each week

When the original headline text including "in Woodley" completely misleads the reader I think its justified to pull them up on it

I don't write for a living but they do - so you'ed like to think they would take a bit more care about it - but apparently not !

A Wellwisher
22/03/2013 at 14:11

It never fails to amuse me the outrage commentors have when they spot a typo on a news website.

Megaman
22/03/2013 at 13:42

NO - photo caption is still same as original headline

"Rare video footage of Douglas Bader will be on show at a new exibition in Woodley"

but with an extra spelling mistake too

Don't you have proof readers or may be a spell checker on their PCs

A Wellwisher
22/03/2013 at 13:33

Wiser now the headline has been corrected !

A Wellwisher
22/03/2013 at 13:28

"The exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford... includes scenes from a 1930s home film which shows Sir Douglas alongside RAF friends having fun off duty"